I'm Always Doing Things I Can't Do.

Different Themes Inevitably Require Different Methods Of Expression. This Does Not Imply Either Evolution Or Progress; It Is A Matter Of Following The Idea One Wants To Express And The Way In Which One Wants To Express It.

I Draw Like Other People Bite Their Nails.

Never Permit A Dichotomy To Rule Your Life, A Dichotomy In Which You Hate What You Do So You Can Have Pleasure In Your Spare Time. Look For A Situation In Which Your Work Will Give You As Much Happiness As Your Spare Time.

Art Is A Finger Up The Bourgeoisie Ass.

...why Did Plato Say That Poets Should Be Chased Out Of The Republic? Precisely Because Every Poet And Every Artist Is An Antisocial Being. He's Not That Way Because He Wants To Be; He Can't Be Any Other Way.... And If He Really Is An Artist It Is In His Nature Not To Want To Be Admitted, Because If He Is Admitted It Can Only Mean He Is Doing Something Which Is Understood, Approved, And Therefore Old Hat - Worthless. Anything New, Anything Worth Doing, Can't Be Recognized.